Animal Writings

China, the world's largest exporter of fur, crowds cats into hideously small cages, throws the cages from the tops of trucks to the ground, and strangles each cat in plain view of the others.



In this photo, the cage has just been dropped ten feet onto the pavement. The tabby cat grooms her injured companion. As All-creatures.com says, "These kitties have far more love and compassion than the humans."

Although cat and dog fur has been banned in the USA, it is still sold in Canada and Europe, and it is virtually impossible to detect whether it is present in a fur garment. Fur trim collars, sleeves and boot linings may contain the skin of tortured animals from China.

I love cats, I see this, I see people blithely and unapologetically wearing fur, and I feel rage, and I feel anger, and my stomach ties up in knots, and I wish I could exorcise the pain of the animals who have only known pain. And I pray, and I weep. They suffer for our sins. But our day of reckoning will surely come.